When indulging in activities after a while you would think that one would be prudent and say maybe stretch a little. Take it easy for hte first little bit, while the body makes its changes to this new physical exertion. You would think that I would have learned this by now. I’m 29 and I just skated for the first time this year.
I’m only kinda sore, I know that the second day will be worse. But what I’m really feeling is the hesitation. The carless-ness that I once enjoyed on rollerblades no longer is there. If it is, its not come to the surface yet. But when you get older you staart to think about how jumping on those bannisters will effect the rest of your day, week and life. I dont heal as quick anymore hell I’m not even that old, I’m just out of shape. I’m going to try and do this right this time. Get going more than once a week on my skates and see how things go. 29 or not I still love to roll.
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Man I am in the same boat, I’ve gone from having fun on my skates to just worrying non stop when I am riding. Not trying the same things i used to do, or even things that were easy have now become challenges, which are usually met with a shrug and a “forget this” because it usually isn’t worth the risk of getting messed up or wrecked. It’s all a psychological game. The worst thing is that I’ve gone from winning contests to bike path strolling, and even that is a challenge these days because it’s far easier to just stay home and watch tv or sit on the computer, don’t know about you but I have far LESS energy these days, it’s really unmotivating.
WE need to challenge and motivate each other to get back to where we once were, are you down?
yeah, I mean I just gotta kill off these freelance jobs and just split my time between my fam and getting back into skating and getting fit again.
I’m attempting to be diligent with my posting about my success or failures.
only time will tell